Views From The Leaning Rest Position: And Other Stories

Views from the Leaning Rest Position cites the tricks of meditation and relaxation with which the author performed 709 push-ups in 34 minutes ? at the age of 70. All were witnessed by news reporters.Some of his other stories depict love and sacrifice in war; fear, racism, anti-Semitism, and a family?s struggle during the Great Depression.

Morris Breakstone has published two novels. During World War II he was assigned to an infantry company. He then volunteered for and saw combat with the First Special Service Force, an elite American and Canadian brigade that would become the model for the U.S. Special Forces known as the Green Berets. After the war, he earned a Master?s degree in Psychology and worked as an attendant, intern and psychologist in several mental hospitals. To keep fit, he worked out at the Adrian YMCA, where before news reporters he performed 709 push-ups in 34 minutes ? at the age of 70. He lives with his wife Angie, a special education teacher. He relies very much on her help. So do their two cats.